best of 2014 News Archive
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Faculty of Arts
Faye MacIntyre’s Top 5 gifts from the movie gods
December 28, 2014 —
The stars of the big screen in 2014
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Libraries
5 books you want to be on top of this year
December 28, 2014 —
Best reads of 2014, according to someone with shelves and shelves and shelves of books
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Desautels Faculty of Music
Drumroll, please! The top five music moments of 2014
December 23, 2014 —
Desautels Faculty of Music's Laura Loewen gives us her music highlights of the year -- and a few she's looking forward to in 2015
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Faculty of Arts
Author Melissa Steele’s top reads of 2014
December 23, 2014 —
The year's most memorable in poetry, fiction, nonfiction -- and a classic
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Indigenous
Deborah Young’s reading for the new year
December 22, 2014 —
The executive lead for Indigenous acheivement at the U of M gives us her top five books
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Top 5 “out of this world” U of M events of 2014
December 22, 2014 —
The final frontier was a fascinating place this past year
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President’s Bookshelf: Memorable books of 2014
December 22, 2014 —
From Canadian history to grammar to poetry, these are the books that made an impression this year
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Libraries
This year in notable history books
December 19, 2014 —
A bit of history with your holiday? History liaison librarian Kyle Feenstra on best reads of 2014
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Libraries
Top 5 archived oddities
December 18, 2014 —
Alien heads, hockey sticks, scrapbooks and more from the depths of Dafoe
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Best of 2014: Inspiring students earn prestigious scholarships
December 16, 2014 —
Rhodes, Schulich, Vanier and Trudeau scholarships for brilliant U of M students